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Philippe Buache, was a French geographer, born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 in 1700. He died in 1773.

Buache was trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle
Guillaume Delisle

Guillaume Delisle was a France cartography who lived in Paris, France.His father, Claude Delisle studied law and then later settled in Paris as private teacher in geography and history, and afterwards filled the office of royal censor....
, of whom he married the daughter. Buache was nominated first geographer of the king in 1729. He established the division of the world by seas and river systems. He believed in a southern continent, an hypothesis which was confirmed by later discoveries.

He published in 1754 an "Atlas physique" and wrote several pamphlets.






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Philippe Buache, was a French geographer, born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 in 1700. He died in 1773.

Buache was trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle
Guillaume Delisle

Guillaume Delisle was a France cartography who lived in Paris, France.His father, Claude Delisle studied law and then later settled in Paris as private teacher in geography and history, and afterwards filled the office of royal censor....
, of whom he married the daughter. Buache was nominated first geographer of the king in 1729. He established the division of the world by seas and river systems. He believed in a southern continent, an hypothesis which was confirmed by later discoveries.

He published in 1754 an "Atlas physique" and wrote several pamphlets. He was a member of the Académie des sciences.